CKLA Unit 3 Poetry Terms

Front

What are words or sentences spoken by a character in a poem, play, or story?

Back

Dialogue

Front

Choose the simile: The sunset was like cotton candy.

Back

Simile is a comparison using 'like' or 'as'.

Front

What is figurative language?

Back

Words do not mean exactly what they say.

Front

What is a small part of a larger work?

Back

Excerpt

Front

Choose the metaphor: She was a volcano ready to explode.

Back

Metaphor is a direct comparison without using 'like' or 'as'.

Front

What is a stanza?

Back

A group of lines in a poem.

Front

What is alliteration?

Back

The repetition of the same initial consonant sounds in a series of words.

Front

What is a rhyme scheme?

Back

The pattern of rhymes at the end of each line of a poem.

Front

What is personification?

Back

Giving human traits to non-human things.

Front

What is a theme in poetry?

Back

The main idea or underlying message of the poem.